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Definition of Decastyle

Decastyle
Decastyle Dec"a*style, a. [Gr. ?; de`ka ten + sty`los a column.] (Arch.) Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc. -- n. A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.

Meaning of Decastyle from wikipedia

- Roman coins of the 2nd century CE as having been built in octastyle. The decastyle has ten columns; as in the temple of Apollo Didymaeus at Miletus, and...
- it is a tetrastyle; of six, hexastyle; of eight, octastyle; of ten, decastyle; and of twelve, dodecastyle. If the columns are ****ed into the wall instead...
- across the front, like the Parthenon, Athens.(Figs. 6 and 9.) Dipteral decastyle describes the huge temple of Apollo at Didyma, with the naos surrounded...
- Column Corbel Cornerstone Cornice Crepidoma Crocket Cryptoporticus Cupola Decastyle Diaulos Diocletian (thermal) window Dome – List of Roman domes Eisodos...
- across the front, like the Parthenon, Athens. (figures 6 and 9.) Dipteral decastyle describes the huge temple of Apollo at Didyma, with the naos surrounded...
- part of the ceiling and roof had been taken away by Sulla in 80 BC. The decastyle temple of Apollo Didymaeus near Miletus was, according to Strabo (c. 50...
- east sides of the temple (the short sides) had ten white marble columns (decastyle) while the south and north sides featured twenty columns. All of these...
- front distyle 2 columns tetrastyle 4 columns, term used by Vitruvius hexastyle 6 columns, term used by Vitruvius octastyle 8 columns decastyle 10 columns...
- only inferior to that of Artemis, was never finished. It was dipteral, decastyle and hypaethral. Among its extensive ruins, two columns are still standing...
- sheathed in limestone. The structure is a three-part composition with a decastyle Corinthian order portico on the front facade. The rear elevation has a...